THE CERTAINTY OF THE RESURRECTION
- Taught by the Word of God
Confirmed by God's Promise and Oath - Heb. 6:17-20 "Wherein God, willing more abundantly to show unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters into that within the veil; Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec."
Based upon the Redemptive Work of Christ - Rom. 8:23 "And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body."
- Guaranteed by the Resurrection of Christ Himself - 1 Cor. 15:20 First fruits, 1 Pet. 1:3-5
"But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept."
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time."
Declared as an accomplished fact in the mind and purpose of God - Eph. 2:6 "And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus."
Supported by the Indwelling of the Holy Spirit - 1 Cor. 6:13b, 14, 19 "....Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body."
"And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power."
"What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?"
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